Police have arrested three persons with 2,100 kg marijuana from the Dharan-Tarahara road in Itahari sub-metropolis, Sunsari on Tuesday.

Police nabbed them while they were heading towards Itahari from Dharan in a truck (Na 5 Kha 6116).

Police said that they confiscated 70 bags of marijuana hidden among the sacks loaded with vegetables: cabbage and potatoes, according to Superintendent of Police Suman Kumar Timalsina.

Police identified the arrestees as Rajendra Rai (32) of Shahidbhumi Rural Municipality-6, Dhankuta, Sunil Rai (33) and Suman Rai (34) of Barahakshetra Municipality-9, Sunsari.

The Itahari Police Office has launched an investigation into the case under the Narcotics Act, SP Timalsina confirmed.